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1 . Where is the first
Wal-Mart located?
2 . Wal-Mart’s first people
greeter was in
which store?
3 . What charity receives
money from sales of
Sam’s American Choice
products?
4 . Where did Sam and
Helen meet?
5 . Wal-Mart first hit
$1 billion in profits in
what year?
6 . What year was Sam
Walton born?
7 . What year did Sam write
his autobiography?
8 . Sam was presented with
the Presidential Medal of
Freedom in what year?
9 . What year did Sam do
the Hula on Wall Street?
10. How much did Wal-Mart
Store #1 do in its first
year of operation?
11. Name Sam’s favorite dog.
12. What did Wal-Mart stock
actually sell for the very
first day it was traded?
13. What year did the first
Wal-Mart open?
14. What year did Wal-Mart
become a publicly
owned company?
1 5 . Wal-Mart satellite
network began
broadcasting in
what year?
16. SAM’S Club was started
in what year?
17. Helen Walton holds a
B.S. in what field?
18. What percentage of sales
goes to run the entire
general offices, from the
chairman of the board to
the secretaries?
19. Who came up with the
idea of profit sharing?
20. Sam thought about
running for what
political office?
Did you know?
Companywide, Wal-Mart recycles over 700,000 tons of cardboard,
paper and plastic each year.
Wal-Mart sold about 80 million Valentine cards this February
across the United States.
Wal-Mart is the largest private sector employer in the United States.
Wal-Mart’s Private Fleet drives more than 1 million miles a day.
Making this happen requires the purchase of more than $50 million
of fuel a year.
Answ ers 1 . Rogers, Arkansas. 2 . Crowley, Louisiana.
3 . Competitive Edge Scholarship Program. 4 . In a bowling alley. 5 . 1990. 6 . 1918.
7 . 1992. 8 . 1992. 9 . 1984. 10. $1 million. 1 1 . Old Roy. 1 2 . $16.50. 13. 1962.
14. 1970. 1 5 . 1983. 16. 1983. 17. Finance. 1 8 . 2%. 1 9 . Helen Walton.
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